Anchor



May 11 K. PETERSON ANCHOR Filed July 9. 1924 jwwzntoz; fro/bin Peterson.

Patented May 11, 1926.

UNITED stares KoLBIn PETERSON, or MoonHnAniviiNNnsoTA.

' ANCHOR.

Application filed July 9, 1924, Serial No. 725,000.

My invention relates to boat anchors and is particuarly designed to provide an anchor which is adapted'to be readily removed from the lake bottom, even if it has been embedded into the ground or entangled into the grass and weeds. It is desirable to have an anchor which is effective in holdinga boat and while such anchors have been used heretofore, yet the difficulty of removing them from the water is annoying when they are no longer desired for holding the boat in a particular position.

A feature of this invention is to provide an anchor which is most effective in holding the boat in the desired position, even though it shifts about on the water, and is caused to pull against the anchor, having a tendency to cause the anchor to embed itself in the ground and make it hard to disengage it when it is desired to pull the anchor up out of the water. The peculiar construction of my anchor permits me to disengage the same from the grass in the water and also to remove the anchor even th'ough the prongs of the same have imbedded themselves firmly in the ground. Yet my anchor is designed to provide the necessary weight for holding the boat so as to perform the required functions of a practical anchor. In carrying this out it is necessary that the anchor be provided with suiiicient weight to accomplish these results, all of which I have incorporated in my anchor.

A feature of the invention resides in a slidably connect-ed link which engages the shank between the ends of the anchor so that the anchor can be raised from either end. The connecting link which is slidably secured to the shank, which connects the fluke end with the head or weight end, slides freely and engages the shank with an enlarged loop so as to permit free sliding of the link. The link is bent into apeculiar shape so as to permit the loop to engage about the ball or weighted end and to cause the same to encircle sufficiently about the ball end to elevate it when the link is engaged and pulled over the end of the ball tapering to the shank.

Other features and peculiar construction of my anchor will be more clearly described in the following specification and claims.

In the drawings forming part of the specification,

Figure 1 illustrates my anchor being lifted out of the water with the weighted end down.

Figure 2 illustrates the anchor engaging the ground similar to the way it would appear on the lake bottom.

The anchor A is of a rigid construct-ion being provided with a weighted end 10 in the form of a ball, having tapered end 11 extending toward the shank 12 of the same.

The shank 12 is formed by a rod and connects the ball or weighted end 10 with the head 13 of the anchor.

The head 13 of anchor A is formed with petal shaped fiukes 14, which are adapted to engage into the gnound in a manner so as to firmly hold the anchor in place on the lake bottom when it is desired for use to hold the boat. The flakes 14 are formed integral with the head and extend radially therefrom, so that in any position of the anchor when laying upon the bottom of the lake some of the fiukes will engage into the ground, the pointed ends 15 causing the flukes to more readily cngagethemselvcs into the ground surface. In fact, the head with the flukes 14 is of suflicient weight to cause the points 15 of the flakes to sink into the ground readily as the anchor is dropped.

A connecting linklG, which is formed with an offset orti'on 17-, extending from the b'odv of the same, is provided with an enlarged loop 18 on one "end. which is adapted to slidably connect with the shank 12 in a manner so that the link 16 will slide back and forth over the shank freely. This pro vides a loose and freeconnection.

The enlarged loop 18 is adapted to shift and engage over the tapered end 11 of the ball weighted end 10 so that the link 16 can be positioned to raise the ball end 10 first in lifting the anchor out of the water, if it is desired. On the other end the link 16 can be shifted over the-shank 12, so that the loop 18 will engage beneath the head 18 and between the fiukes 141. so as to lift the anchor head and fluke end first out of the water, as illustrated in Figure 1. This permits the anchor to be disengaged from the grass and weeds in the lake bottom. lVhile the anchor A is adapted and designed to firmly hold a boat, yet when it is desired to remove it from the lake this can be readily accomplished, owing to the peculiar construction and nature of the same. The link 16 is provided with the eye 19 for receiving the lifting rope or chain The shank 12 is formed approximately integral with the weighted end 10 and the head end 13 by casting the ball 10 on one end of the rod 12 and the fiukes 14 with the head 13 on the other end, so as to form an anchor of a rigid construction with the parts firmly fixed together in a very simple and inexpensive manner. This provides a Very practical anchor device. Then, by means of the connecting link 16 which is formed with the offset portion 17 and the loop 18 for engaging the head or the weight end a means of operating and controlling the anchor is provided which is just as simple and effective in operation. This forms an important feature of my invention.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described my invention, illustrating the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

- I claim:

1. An anchor including a shank, a weight formed on one end of said shank, radially extending fiukes formed on the other end of said shank and a link slidably connected to said shank adapted to engage over the weight end to raise the anchor from that end and said link being adapted to slide into connection beneath the flukesto raise the anchor from the fluke end.

2. A boat anchor including, a shank member, an enlarged portion formed on one end of said shank, a fluke portion formed. on the other end of said shank, and a rod-like link slidably connected between said ends adapted to raise the anchor from either end as desired.

3. A boat anchor wherein a shank is formed integral with a weight end and the fluke end thereof, a link having an-oftset portion, a loop formed in said ofi-set portion adapted to engage said shank freely slidably in a manner to engage over the weighted end to raise the anchor.

A. A boat anchor including, a sphericalshaped enlarged end, a rod-like shank extending from said end, fiukes extending from the other end of said shank and a rod-like lifting means slidably secured to said shank in a manner to permit the lifting of said anchor from either end.

5. A boat anchor including a rod-like shank, a ball weight rigidly secured to one end, a fluke head rigidly secured to the other end and a link having an enlarged eye shaped loop formed on one end adapted to freely engage said anchor shank rod and an engaging eye for theanchor lifting member formed on the other end of the link to permit the anchor to be lifted from either end.

6. A boat anchor including a rod-like shank, a weighted ball formed rigidly on one end of said rod, a tapered end connecting the ball with said shank, converging toward said shank, a fluke supporting head, rigidly connected to the other end of said shank, having a series of fiukes extending therefrom and a link freely slidable over said shank in a manner to permit the slidable connection of said link to be moved into engagement with said. tapered end of said weight portion of said anchor to raise the same out of the water.

7. A boat anchor including, a rod-like shank portion, an enlarged weight member formed on one end of said shank, anchor fiukes formed on the other end of said shank, and link means having an enlarged loop on one end adapted to slide freely over said shank adapted to slip over a portion of the enlarged end to assist in raising the anchor from this end and permitting the anchor to be lifted from either end.

KOLBIN PETERSON. 

